Ithaca College

Summer Hours will begin Friday, May 25, 2018, and continue through August 10, 2018. During this period, full-time employees will work two fewer hours (37.5 hours reduced to 35.5, 40 hours reduced to 38 hours) and receive their usual compensation. Ithaca College’s official business hours will end at 3:00 p.m. on Fridays instead of 5:00 p.m. This year, there will be 12 Fridays on which the official hours will be reduced by two hours. 

The Summer Hours policy applies to all full-time, benefits-eligible staff. For more information, please contact Katie Sack at 274-8000. 

School of Music Dean Karl Paulnack will be the featured keynote speaker at the 2018 Iowa Bandmasters’ Association Conference in Des Moines next week. He will speak on the topic of Bands in the 21st Century.  In addition, he will offer a series of workshops for IBA members designed to help musicians create personal mission statements, a process designed to encourage and develop human and artistic authenticity, originality and uniqueness.

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This four-credit, liberal-arts course is open to all. Introduction to Journalism will be offered online during Summer Session I from May 29 - June 29. Students will learn the two main forms of news writing and AP Style, and contribute to discussions about objectivity, media bias and current events.

Register for JOUR 11100 Intro to Journalism (CRN 10083). All are welcome, and there are no prerequisites.

Questions? Email Professor Loop in the Journalism Department at mloop@ithaca.edu

Seniors, Ithaca College is excited to hear about your plans after graduation! Whether you’re working, continuing your education, volunteering, or adventuring, we want to know, and you can tell us by completing the “What’s Next?” Survey.

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Chrissy Guest, Assistant Professor, Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies, keynote address, The New Frontier: Discovering Diverse Stories Untold examined the research methods employed by Guest in the making of her documentary film, Beyond Ink & Paint: The Women of Animation. Guest discussed how the under-representation of women in the animation industry is evident in the lack of scholarly research on the topic of women animators, their contribution to the art of animation and the innovations being made by women in the field of animation today. This discovery lead to her creation of a documentary film that tells the unique story of women in animation.

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Procedures and schedules are in place for optical scanning of final exams during the week of May 7th-11th. Optical scanning can be dropped off at the Service Desk in Job Hall during these hours:

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  Jayne Demakos, faculty, “Exploring Music in Medicine” accepted to present “Therapeutic Harp & End of Life Care” for the 16th Kaleidoscope Palliative Care Conference “Weaving the Strands of Palliative Care” In Dublin, Ireland

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This is a collective thank you to our Grounds Crew for giving us a beautiful place to work and study.

On behalf of students, staff and faculty: We appreciate you!

On Saturday, May 5 anyone with an Ithaca College ID can enjoy a FREE brunch from 10:00am-1:00pm in Terraces Dining Hall. Celebrate the end of the academic year with the rest of the Ithaca College community! You do not have to have a meal plan - just show your IC ID card to enter.

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All campus residents except for graduating seniors, Resident Assistants, and Circle Apartment residents are required to vacate their rooms before 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, 2018 unless they receive written approval to remain from the Office of Residential Life.   As you begin to plan for Commencement/Senior Week 2018, please keep in mind the following on-campus housing guidelines.

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Marie Blouin, Associate Professor of Accounting, publishes a paper on internal controls in charter schools in The CPA Journal.

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Due to an unexpected but most welcome surge in Exploratory enrollments this fall, we are adding three sections of Exploring the Options, the one-credit gateway course for incoming first year students coming to IC to discover their major.

We are now soliciting expressions of interest from faculty with assigned academic advisees as part of their work load.

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Effective June 1st, 2018 the Technology Renewal Program will move from a 3-year to 4-year lease cycle for all new and replacement standard computers (desktops and laptops).

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The Office of the Provost and office of Information Technology  invite all Faculty and Staff who utilize Optical Scanning (Scantron) to join us for a discussion about those services.   

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• The owner of a cafe in the 9th Ward is determined to ride out Katrina...

• An Irish immigrant recounts his experience fighting under General Grant at  the battle of Shiloh

• A Jewish man and his family flee Russia with their life's savings hidden in a loaf of Challah bread.

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The Office of the Provost and office of Information Technology  invite all Faculty and Staff who utilize Optical Scanning (Scantron) to join us for a discussion about those services.  

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 As classes come to a close and we head into Finals Week, Mail Service student staff quickly diminishes, necessitating the following service adjustments.

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 IC Intercambios is having a fundraiser at Panera on Friday, May 4th, from 4pm - 8pm.

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Online Course for May Summer Session 2018!

US Politics 10100: Understanding American Politics in the Age of Trump

• Fulfills ICC requirements Social Sciences:
  • Theme: Power and Justice
  • Theme: A World of Systems
• No exams. Short response papers to videos and articles.
• For more information, please contact Professor Don Beachler: Beachler@ithaca.edu

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Degree Works or HomerConnect? Here is how to find your student

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